“After this is over the world will look at Kentucky in a different way, and even more important, Kentuckians will look at themselves in a different way. And hopefully, that’ll be the legacy of the games,”

With music by Richard Strauss and a reddening Kentucky sky as a backdrop, Lakota Native American chiefs opened festivities with prayer. They were followed by cavalry riders carrying an American flag. Spectators rose as Ashland’s Wynona Judd sang Kentucky’s state song.

Alltech’s products are hard to categorize. They include beer, animal nutrition supplements, algae, Haitian coffee, and Angus beef. Lyons has been all over the globe selling his products, and the games.